Top 10 dental treatment presentation mistakes

“As a certified professional coach to dentists, I also know too well the myriad of differing philosophies of practices, the plethora of ‘do it my way’ treatment presenting methods and the challenges we dentists have in working with our team members, who are vitally important to our success,” he wrote.

Here are the top 10 mistakes:

Mistake 1: Failure to listen to the patient.

Mistake 2: Incomplete diagnoses.

Mistake 3: Herding patients in — and out — of your practice.

Mistake 4: “Explainitis”, better known as explaining, explaining, explaining with little feedback or time for questions from your patient.

4 comments

When a patient comes in, focus on him or her. It’s better to have one or two patients a day to better cater them than having many patients but not satisfying each. Anyways, nice reminders for us dentists!

By failing to listen to the patient, you could potentially frustrate them, which could stress them out. Over time, this stress could turn into a real fear of the dentist! It’s important to take a patient’s needs into account when treating them.